"What man touches, he can become master of, but to paint that sky without clouds, that well of light, is as hopeless a task as it would be to sound its depths."

"Thus the ideal of democracy is reached at last: it has become a psychic impossibility for a gentleman to hold office under the Federal Union, save by a combination of miracles that must tax the resour…"

"I told all four that I felt like this election happened for a reason; that it pointed out — the delay in the outcome should make it clear to all of us — that we can come together to heal whatever woun…"

"Yes, I decided, a man can truly change. The events of the past year have taught me much about myself, and a few universal truths. I learned, for instance, that while wounds can be inflicted easily upo…"

"If one could stand on the peak of snow-capped Mount Hood and from that lofty eminence swing a powerful glass...into the density of the forests...until every living creature would pass in review, it wo…"